The Ghost of RubangB on 27 February 2008
Games are definitely announced and hyped way too early these days. As a giant monster Nintendo fan, I must say...
Case in point: Brawl.
May 2005: announced
October 2005: started development
May 2006: first official trailer
May 2007: started getting mega-hyped at the Dojo
January 2008: first released in Japan
2 years and 8 months after announcement.
2 years and 3 months after development started.
That's nuts. That's way too long. It's gotta stop.
But hey, at least it's not as bad as Spore, or however long it'll take for StarCraft 2.
